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Game Recap
VAN4
Final/SOWed, Mar 12, 2025Every game that night
CGY3

VAN beat CGY 4-3 in a shootout, and the chances backed it up: 4.18 expected goals to 1.97. VAN outshot CGY 31 to 23. J. Huberdeau led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). N. Hoglander had 6 shots on goal against our projection of 1.3. K. Lankinen stopped 20 of 23.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdSOT
VAN11114
CGY12003
  1. 1st 13:33VANP. Suter0.04 xG
  2. 1st 17:53CGYN. Kadri0.16 xG
  3. 2nd 10:32VANJ. DeBruskPP0.10 xG
  4. 2nd 13:58CGYJ. HuberdeauSH0.15 xG
  5. 2nd 16:01CGYJ. HuberdeauPP0.07 xG
  6. 3rd 13:16VANE. Pettersson0.24 xG

Team Stats

VANCGY
31Shots on goal23
4.18Expected goals1.97
62Shot attempts56
245v5 shots on goal18
1/4Power play1/3
18Hits29
24Blocked shots11
6Penalty minutes8
14Giveaways12
2Takeaways4

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked shot had of going in, by our model, added up.

Expected Goals Over the Game

VAN 4.18 xGCGY 1.97 xGGoal

012341st2nd3rdOTVAN goal, 13:33CGY goal, 17:53VAN goal, 10:32CGY goal, 13:58CGY goal, 16:01VAN goal, 13:16

Each step up is a shot: how likely it was to go in. A team well above the other had the better chances, whatever the score.

Shot Map

VAN31 on goal, 3 scored
CGY23 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

VAN Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
E. PetterssonC112211+1020:575:29
J. DeBruskLW101401+1019:435:50
P. SuterC1013000018:371:08
N. HoglanderLW011600+1213:280:00
B. BoeserRW0000100021:145:50
C. GarlandRW0002000219:345:12
F. ChytilC0004100016:171:29
K. SherwoodLW000230-1014:021:08
T. BluegerC000011-1012:350:00
D. O'ConnorLW0001120012:010:00
D. JoshuaC0002410011:420:00
N. AmanC000000-129:520:00
Q. HughesD011112-1029:486:23
F. HronekD0111140028:071:46
M. PetterssonD011124+1024:400:35
V. ManciniD011114+1018:320:00
D. ForbortD0001040014:460:00
E. PetterssonD000010-104:060:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
K. Lankinen23203.87065:00Win
A. Silovs000–0:00

CGY Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
J. HuberdeauLW2024010026:024:13
N. KadriC112721-1023:484:11
K. RooneyC011120+109:550:00
M. CoronatoRW0001110019:133:25
Y. SharangovichC0002010018:461:35
M. FrostC0000200017:234:09
B. ColemanLW0000420017:150:47
J. FarabeeLW0000100016:520:47
M. PospisilC0000700015:570:00
C. ZaryC000000-1412:570:50
R. LombergLW000040026:360:00
M. BacklundC000210002:580:00
M. WeegarD0220310027:103:13
R. AnderssonD0111200026:431:45
K. BahlD0114000022:450:00
J. HanleyD0000020020:400:00
J. BeanD0001020012:540:00
B. PachalD0000000210:080:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
D. Wolf31283.90365:00OT loss
D. Vladar000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreVAN 2.7, CGY 2.9VAN 4, CGY 3
Total goals5.67
Shots on goalVAN 24.8, CGY 27.8VAN 31, CGY 23
Win chanceCGY 54%VAN won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
CGY N. Kadri3.270.88230%1
CGY B. Coleman2.300.57024%0
VAN F. Chytil2.240.47019%0
CGY M. Weegar2.200.59215%0
VAN Q. Hughes2.110.82111%0
VAN C. Garland2.120.56021%0
CGY M. Coronato2.110.51020%0
CGY M. Backlund2.020.47018%0
VAN B. Boeser1.900.66027%0
CGY J. Huberdeau1.940.82224%2
VAN J. DeBrusk1.840.50124%1
VAN E. Pettersson1.820.71226%1
CGY R. Andersson1.710.41112%0
CGY M. Frost1.700.55018%0
CGY J. Farabee1.700.42018%0
CGY Y. Sharangovich1.720.53023%0
VAN K. Sherwood1.620.39017%0
CGY C. Zary1.500.46018%0
VAN P. Suter1.530.40119%1
VAN F. Hronek1.510.4617%0
VAN D. O'Connor1.510.30013%0
VAN N. Hoglander1.360.33116%0
CGY M. Pospisil1.200.34010%0
VAN T. Blueger1.000.2709%0
VAN V. Mancini1.010.2114%0
CGY J. Bean1.010.1906%0
VAN M. Pettersson1.010.2814%0
VAN D. Joshua0.920.33016%0
CGY K. Bahl0.940.2315%0
CGY R. Lomberg0.800.1407%0
VAN E. Pettersson0.800.1503%0
CGY B. Pachal0.800.1304%0
CGY K. Rooney0.710.1317%0
CGY J. Hanley0.700.1805%0
VAN D. Forbort0.710.1504%0
VAN N. Aman0.600.1706%0

Shots on goal: 18 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.0 more than projected on average.

Our projections as they stood at puck drop. One game says little about a model; Model Notes has how it tests over thousands.